Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs - Double Convoluted - Rear Axle
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Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs - Double Convoluted - Rear Axle
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Firestone Vehicle Suspension - F2255
- Air Springs
- Rear Axle Suspension Enhancement
- Heavy Duty
- Firestone
5,000-lb Capacity. Ride-Rite air springs enhance your factory suspension for safety and stability when you are hauling heavy loads. They reduce strain on your rear axle, keep your vehicle level, and adjust to load size for a consistently smooth ride.
Features:
- Maximize safe load-carrying capacity, increase stability and improve ride quality
- Install between your vehicle's frame and its rear suspension
- Keep your vehicle level when you are hauling a heavy load
- Improve steering control and braking when you are hauling or towing
- Level your headlight beams
- Reduce tire wear
- Maintain even load distribution with air pressure, leveling off-center loads
- Air bags adjust manually, side to side, with individual inflation valves
- Reduce strain on rear suspension
- Prevent permanent sagging and excessive friction in leaf springs
- Increase stability
- Absorb road shock for a smooth ride
- Soften contact between axle and frame to prevent bottoming out
- Provide maximum load support and durability with rubber construction and double-convoluted design
- Include all materials necessary for installation
- Brackets, air springs, hardware, air line and separate valves for manual inflation
- Switches and gauges, compressors, and air tanks (sold separately) are available for quick and easy air spring inflation/deflation from inside your vehicle
- Made in the USA
Specs:
- Load-leveling capacity: 5,000 lbs
- Ride-Rite springs will not increase your vehicle's weight-carrying capacity. Do not exceed the manufacturer's recommended weight limit.
- Adjustable air pressure: 5 psi to 100 psi
- Limited lifetime warranty on air springs
- 2-Year limited warranty on hardware
Note: The construction material of the fittings may vary.
Firestone Ride-Rite Air Spring Basics
Firestone Ride-Rite springs are designed to increase safety and reduce the strain on your vehicle when you are hauling heavy loads or towing a heavy trailer. The springs partner with your existing rear suspension system to help keep your vehicle level, maintain even load distribution and increase stability. Hauling heavy loads or towing a heavy trailer can make the rear of your vehicle sag and the front end rise. This puts more strain on your rear axle and reduces contact between your front tires and the road, causing problems with braking, steering control and traction. By adding air springs to your rear suspension, you can help to level your vehicle and improve braking and handling. The air springs also help to level your headlight beams and reduce wear on your tires.
Adjustable Air Pressure
The air pressure in your Ride-Rite springs can be adjusted manually, side to side, to compensate for off-center loads. A centered load improves the stability of your vehicle by reducing body roll. The air springs will also help to absorb road shock and to soften contact between your axle and frame. This prevents bottoming out, thus improving ride comfort. Route the air line tubing for the springs to your vehicle's bumper to provide easy access to the manual inflation valves.
Air Spring Construction
Firestone's double-convoluted Ride-Rite air springs are designed to give you maximum load support and enhance the performance and ride comfort of your vehicle. The rubber springs provide cushioning between your suspension components and operate at up to 100 psi. The springs have four layers of reinforced rubber to ensure durability and enhance load support. A braided wire girdle creates the double-convoluted shape of each air spring, increasing the burst pressure of the spring. The rubber springs are attached to corrosion-resistant metal end plates with a time-proven, rolled crimp seal that keeps the bags securely anchored.
Air Spring Installation
Each Ride-Rite kit includes custom-fit brackets that connect to your axle and frame. The brackets provide the mounting points for the air springs. Drilling may be required for some applications.
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Installation Details
This Product Fits The Following Vehicles
- 2000 - 2005 Ford Excursion
Customer Satisfaction Score:
90% were satisfied with this product
10% of customers were not satisfied
- Wrong item was ordered
- Product did not meet expectations
- Too difficult to install
Customer Reviews
Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs - Double Convoluted - Rear Axle - F2255
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (2399 Customer Reviews)
5,000-lb Capacity. Ride-Rite air springs enhance your factory suspension for safety and stability when you are hauling heavy loads. They reduce strain on your rear axle, keep your vehicle level, and adjust to load size for a consistently smooth ride.by: John08/20/2022
2001 Ford Excursion
Went on a 01 ford excursion 7.3 diesel 2wd. First off they don't tell you that on the driver side you will have to fight the fuel lines to get the lower bolt and not on, if you have a lift might not be bad but rolling around on the ground one handed takes some patience. The brackets bend pretty easy when you tighten them up I wish they where of thicker gauge it would give me more piece of mind.overall it's a easy install.
by: Matt 01/08/2023
The ride is very nice. Installer says it's probably the best air lift he's ever seen.
by: Brandon 08/16/2023
Was delivered quickly and with no issue s.
by: John05/20/2021
Very simple and well engineered. Easy to install and good quality hardware. My 02 excursion pulls much safer now and these firestone airbags were the missing link for a safe ride.
by: James 06/23/2021
Ford Excursion
These fit my Excursion and worked great on our first trip with them. I need to adjust my weight distribution just a little bit to make it perfect.
by: Harry12/30/2021
2002 Ford Excursion
does not fit my 2002 excursion as described. ends up its for a two wheel drive and not 4 wheel drive
by: Thomas 05/12/2023
by: Mahomedalid10/19/2023
by: Maxim04/22/2021
2001 Ford Excursion
by: Loreto05/23/2021
2002 Ford Excursion
by: Scott 08/25/2022
2005 Ford Excursion
by: Jon 01/17/2023
by: Rigoberto07/23/2022
by: Randy01/19/2023
The Ride-Rite air helper springs work great. If I'm pulling a heavy trailer or loading my truck with a heavy load, I can add air to adjust the ride and level my truck. They really help the ride.
by: Shane04/29/2024
Works perfectly! It's so nice not having the truck sag and sway after installing the ride rite air bags. I built my own hard side pop up camper on my flatbed dually and it turned out a little heavier than I wanted but with the airbags I hardly know the camper is there.
by: Ernie06/05/2023
The kit I received had mismatched air fittings: one was a 3/8npt elbow instead of the required 1/8npt elbow. etrailer sent a replacement elbow and I was able to source a reducer to complete the install as I await the replacement. Glad i checked my parts before I started.
The install is pretty straight forward and the instructions are clear. The fasteners are difficult to access if you are doing the install by yourself. Must have tools include quality hose cutter and two 1-1/8in sockets.
The bags added 1in of lift to my unladen 2023 Tacoma Trail Edition at 5psi; 1-1/2in at 10psi; and 3in at 70psi.
At the 5psi minimum pressure the ride is firmer than stock. On acceleration the back end no longer “stuffs” wich is fine with me.
by: Brian08/27/2022
High quality and easy to install. These air bags are working very well and keeping my truck level while towing my tow hauler.
by: Butch02/08/2023
etrailer was very helpful with making sure I ordered the right product. As for the product... I love the addition to my 20201 Toyota Tundra TRD PRO. It made towing my 2021 Lance 2285 Travel Trailer a dream. The truck and trailer sit perfectly level now and the truck handles great. Easy install only took a couple of hours. In my pic... the stabilizer jacks are down because I was doing a quick overnighter and didn't want to unhitch. But the stabilizers aren't lifting the camper or truck.. just kissing the ground to keep the camper from rocking when inside. Its the only pic I had handy.
by: Nateb7703/10/2024
First, my order was processed and shipped on a Sunday. There's not too many companies doing that outside of Amazon. Awesome! If not for UPS delay in Sparks, NV, I would have received my order in less time then mentioned at check out.
Second, my Firestone kit came complete. I was skeptical due to some reviews stating they received the wrong size air hose connector. Not this one. Seems they've worked it out. Kit is installed and doing exactly what I expected.
2023 Tacoma TRD OR.
2.5 lift with Icon AAL
Trailerlife WDH
Hauling 4400 lbs (dry) camp trailer
Reduced squat from 2.5" to 1" at 25psi for comfort. Can easily level, but I prefer slight squat at the tounge.
*truck and trailer pic is on a slope.
Over, great experience!
by: Ryan W07/31/2023
So far so good. I installed these in just over 2 hours on my 2013 Chevy 2500HD for help with my fifth wheel. I pull a 12.7k pound (dry) camper. My truck was level prior to airbags, but had really harsh bouncing over bridges, put holes, etc. The side to side way and roll was noticeable was noticeable as well. These bags put all of that to an end. I've towed twice with them and 35psi seems to do the trick (doesn't life the truck higher in the rear, and takes away the bounce and roll).
I must point out that installation while straight forward, still had some issues with stock components. The parking brake cable and brackets had to be removed on both sides for the springs brackets to be installed. The passenger side bracket covered the OEM parking brake bracket location and the driver side is too tight of a fit without crimping the brake cable. My brake cable is no freely resting across the truck which I'm not a huge fan of.
by: Jeff04/19/2024
It happy. Poor packaging allowed parts to bang around in shipping and paint and pieces of metal to flake off on the larger pieces.
by: Robert 05/06/2023
Product arrived on time and perfect condition. Take about 3 hours to install. Have taken is out with 5th wheel yet. Raised that back 4 inches at 70 #. Only want 2 inches so try them at 30# and see now it rides is with 5th wheel.
by: Jon02/28/2024
The kit did exactly what I was hoping and helped to level out the rear of the truck (2016 long-bed, 2x4, Frontier) when towing my 24'camper trailer. Installation was straight forward with the most difficult aspects being removal of existing rubber axil bump stocks
by: John 05/09/2024
These bags serve my purpose. It’s good to be able to level the truck up when I have a heavy load in the bed. Not too difficult to install. It would be more convenient to have the air bags with a built in compressor.
I do a lot of camping. When using the weight distribution hitch, you have to let the air out of the bags, before hooking up the trailer and hitch. Then put air in the bags. This is inconvenient, but the instructions for the hitch say to deflate the air bags.
I sometimes take a Foreman 500 four wheeler when I camp. I have to put it in the bed of the truck. It made the truck squat down a good bit. With the air bags, I can level it back up after hooking the camper and hitch up.
They do the job, but spend a little more and get the one with the built in air compressor.
by: Jack May08/18/2021
I mounted the Firestone airbag system on my 2008 Toyota Tacoma pickup. It was not as easy as the video makes it look (especially on the drivers side) but, it it turned out great. I mounted the compressor in the compartment behind the passenger seat behind the driver (see pic). I mounted the gauge and switch in the compartment between the driver and passenger (see pic). The airbag pictures are when they were holding 70 lbs pressure checking for air leaks. The first picture of the pickup is with 5 lbs air pressure in the bags and the second is with 50 lbs air pressure in the bags. When driving with 5 lbs in the bags it has the normal smooth ride and does a good job at 30 lbs of keeping the back end from sagging when I pull my boat.
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- How Long Should Installation of Firestone Ride-Rite Air Bags TakeIf you are installing just the Firestone Ride-Rite airbags # F2255 without an on-board air compressor like the # F2158, then I would estimate that it should take about 2 hours to install the kit. This estimate is for someone with some mechanical ability, all of the proper tools and automotive experience working at home in the driveway or garage, plus having someone around to help. A professional may take less time depending on how many similar installations they have done. Individual results...
view full answer... - Does Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs F2255 Fit A 2000 Ford Excursion Diesel 2WD?The Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs - Double Convoluted - Rear Axle # F2255 is confirmed to fit your 2000 Ford Excursion Diesel 2WD. The # F2255 gives you up to 4800lbs of load leveling capacity to support your rear suspension when towing a trailer, but keep in mind this will not increase the towing capacity of your vehicle. To keep from needing to manually inflate the air helper springs each time you are ready to tow I recommend adding an on-board air compressor like the Air Lift...
view full answer... - Replacement Lower Bracket and U-Bolt Recommendation for Firestone Ride Rite # F2255We do have the two part numbers you are looking for as part # F2135825307 and # F3077 which are correct replacement parts for Firestone Ride Rite Kit part # F2255.
view full answer... - Does Firestone Ride Rite Kit for 2001 Ford Excursion Require Install of CompressorThe Firestone Single Gauge HD Compressor kit part # F2097 would be a great way to monitor air pressure and inflate the bags of the Firestone kit part # F2255 that fits your 2001 Ford Excursion but you do not have to use a compressor at all if you don't want to. You could get by without a compressor at all installed on your vehicle and just inflate the bags at home if you wanted.
view full answer... - Firestone Air Bag Kits for 2004 Ford Excursion 2WD and 4WDThere are two different Firestone rear axle air bag kits for the 2004 Ford Excursion. The Excursion 2WD uses part # F2255 and the 4WD uses part # F2251. The kit # F2400 that you referenced is for Ford pickups but not the Excursion. These two Excursion kits can be seen by clicking on the linked page. You'll notice the brackets in each kit are quite different. I recommend that you do not try to piece together all of the individual kit parts. Often getting all of the individual parts can...
view full answer... - Recommended Air Bags and Compressor for Tires On 2002 Ford ExcursionThe Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs part # F2255 for 2WD or part # F2251 4WD are what I recommend for a 2002 Ford Excursion. These air bags offer a bolt-on fit and will do a great job of providing extra support when towing or hauling. In order to inflate the air bags from inside the vehicle, you'll need an air compressor system. The Air Command II Xtreme Duty Compressor part # F2549 is what I recommend for this as it has everything you need for a complete installation, including...
view full answer... - Will RoadActive Suspension Work with Air Bags on a 2003 Ford ExcursionThe RoadActive Suspension Custom Leaf Spring Enhancement Kit part # RAS3621 which is a fit for a 2003 Ford Excursion is compatible with certain air bag kits like the Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs part # F2255 because they don't mount on the leaf spring pack which is where the RAS installs.
view full answer... - 2005 Ford Excursion Squats when Using Husky Weight Distribution with 9,000 Pound TrailerLet's first look at the numbers. A trailer weighing 9,000 pounds will have a tongue weight in the neighborhood of 900 to 1,350 pounds. But when you calculate tongue weight for weight distribution you also have to factory in the weight of any cargo loaded behind the rear axle of your 2005 Ford Excursion. So for example if your trailer's tongue weight is 1,100 pounds and you have 200 pounds of cargo behind the rear axle of the Excursion the total tongue weight would be 1,300 pounds and you...
view full answer... - Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs Recommendation for a 2002 Ford ExcursionThanks for reaching out, Philip! The Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs # F2251 replaced the # F2255 so I recommend going with the newer version # F2251 for your 2002 Ford Excursion.
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1/26/2022
The correct kit for your 2002 Ford Excursion with four wheel drive is the Firestone Ride-Rite Air Helper Springs - Double Convoluted - Rear Axle Part # F2251. I will have Customer Service reach out to you.